Acting
Sidney Poitier
- Titles
- 87movies20TV shows
- Career
Active from 1950 to 2023, with a break from 2002 to 2022, busiest in 1957 with 4 main titles.
- Leading roles
- 49top three billing
- Average score
64/100
- Highest rated
In the Heat of the Night83/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 41 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Historical5.3average 2.6
- Politics4.6average 2.6
- Social Commentary6.4average 4.9
- Class & Capitalism4.5average 3.3
- Nostalgia4.7average 3.6
- Crime4.6average 3.7
- Catharsis5.8average 5.1
- Wit & Wordplay4.3average 3.7
Rarely in their work
- Scare1.5, average 2.6
- Uncanny1.3, average 2.5
- Fantasy0.7, average 1.8
- Dark Humor1.9, average 2.9
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Social Commentary 10
- Character-Driven 6
- Character Study 4
- Historical Drama 4
- Social Justice 3
- Coming-of-Age 2
- Human Connection 2
- Southern Gothic 2
- Racial Tensions 2
- Police Procedural 2
- Western 2
- Racial Conflict 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
- PPembroke J. HerringEditorGhost Dad, Let's Do It Again, A Piece of the Action, Buck and the Preacher, Uptown Saturday Night, +1 more
Quincy JonesComposerIn the Heat of the Night, They Call Me Mister Tibbs!, The Slender Thread, For Love of Ivy, Brother John, +1 more
Ruby DeeActorEdge of the City, Buck and the Preacher, A Raisin in the Sun, Virgin Island, Go Man Go
Bill CosbyActorGhost Dad, Let's Do It Again, A Piece of the Action, Uptown Saturday Night
Richard WidmarkActorHanky Panky, The Long Ships, No Way Out, The Bedford Incident- RRichard WesleyWriterLet's Do It Again, Uptown Saturday Night, Mandela and de Klerk, Fast Forward
- TTom ScottComposerStir Crazy, Hanky Panky, Uptown Saturday Night, Fast Forward
Ralph NelsonActorLilies of the Field, The Wilby Conspiracy, Duel at Diablo
Denise NicholasActorGhost Dad, Let's Do It Again, A Piece of the Action
Juano HernándezActorThey Call Me Mister Tibbs!, Something of Value, The Mark of the Hawk- RRobert Alan AurthurDirectorEdge of the City, For Love of Ivy, The Lost Man
- GGerald Perry FinnermanCinematographerThey Call Me Mister Tibbs!, Brother John, The Lost Man
Movies and TV shows
61990s
2 titles · average score 68
69
Children of the Dust (1995)
TV show · as Gypsy Smith
68
Separate but Equal (1991)
TV show · as Thurgood Marshall
1960s
1 title · average score 72
72
Omnibus (1967)
TV show
1950s
2 titles · average score 76
76
Omnibus (1952)
TV show
1940s
1 title
The Philco Television Playhouse (1948)
TV show · as Tommy Tyler